Senior Manager/Manager (Audit)

Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth seeks an experienced internal auditor to join the internal audit team supporting MCCY and its statutory boards. You will provide assurance and advisory services, assess control adequacy, perform risk assessments, and deliver audit reports with actionable recommendations to management.

Beyond financial, compliance and operations, you will conduct value-for-money reviews, educate line divisions on internal controls, and may be posted to MCCY family

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of relevant audit experience; public sector background preferred.
• Professional qualifications such as CIA or CISA are advantageous.
• Ability to multi-task and work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical and interpersonal communication skills.
• Excellent engagement and collaboration with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Plan and supervise audit engagements, including objective setting and risk assessment.
• Oversee fieldwork activities and reporting in compliance with IPPF standards.
• Assess residual risk and track management action plans and follow-ups.
• Educate line divisions on internal controls and best practices for the public sector.
• Be posted to MCCY family statutory boards to support internal audit activities.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Data analytics

Education

CIA

CISA

Job description

What the role is

What the role is: You will be part of the internal audit team attached to an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth.

What you will be working on

What you will be working on: As part of the internal audit team, you will provide assurance and advisory services to management and line divisions. Your key responsibilities will be to assist the Head of Internal Audit in assessing the adequacy and effectiveness of the agency’s internal control systems by performing risk assessment to establish a systematic audit plan, executing fieldwork procedures and preparing audit reports to highlight areas of risk or deficiency and provide good recommendations to management for improvement. Beyond financial, compliance and operational audits, you will be required to conduct value-for-money audits to assess whether public funds have been appropriately spent and achieve the policy intent set out, and recommend best practices that could be adopted by the agency Another key responsibility would be to educate the line divisions on the importance of internal controls and best practices for the public sector. As part of the team, you will also have the opportunity to be posted to any of MCCY’s family Statutory Boards to form part of the internal audit team there.

What we are looking for

Competencies

Communication & Collaboration

• Prepare relevant and appropriate communications for stakeholders, including reports to management, Audit Committee and Board


• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders

IA Management & Delivery

• Plan and supervise audit engagements including objective setting, scope definition, risk assessment, and resource allocation to ensure engagement quality


• Oversee fieldwork activities and lead engagement communication and reporting processes in compliance with IPPF standards


• Assess residual risk and engagement outcomes, evaluate adequacy of management action plans, and manage monitoring and follow-up of audit results with management, Audit Committee and Board

Governance and Risk Management

• Identify governance-related risks across organisational policies, processes and structures using established risk management frameworks to assess potential threats


• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop and recommend appropriate risk mitigation strategies and controls


• Evaluate fraud risk potential and organisational fraud detection capabilities, recommend preventive and detective controls, and apply forensic auditing techniques to enhance fraud awareness and management

Other competencies

• At least 4 years of relevant audit (internal/external) experience, prior experience in public agencies would be an advantage


• Professional qualifications such as CIA, CA CISA would be an advantage


• Ability to multi-task and work independently in a fast-paced environment


• Good analytical skill as well as effective interpersonal and communication skill


• Strong engagement and collaboration skills with the ability to engage diverse groups of stakeholders


• Working knowledge of data analytics would be an advantage

About Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth

We aim to build a cohesive and resilient society, deepening the sense of national identity and affinity for Singapore through strengthening community bonds, promoting of the arts and heritage, youth engagement, sports development, volunteerism and philanthropy.